1. (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

2. (v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

3. (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.

4. (n.) See Gum tree, below.

5. (n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.

6. (n.) A rubber overshoe.

7. (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.

Letter vii. Tact --Unobtrusiveness.... She will not eat peanuts or fruit or candy, or chew gum, in public places. In fact, I cannot imagine a really refined young lady .../.../letter vii tactunobtrusiveness.htm

Chapter xliii... take of the choice fruits of the land in your receptacles and take a present down for the man, a little balm, and a little honey, gum, laudanum, pistachio nuts .../.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xliii.htm

The Early Training of a Race.... of this South Country. They then gather the gum that exudes from the tamarisk tree or the lichens from the rocks. From these they .../.../kent/the making of a nation/study xi the early training.htm

Poison-Labels... Others are proud. Others chew gum. I have not time to mention all of these different labels. You can think of them for yourselves. .../.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/poison-labels.htm

Joseph Sold as a Slave by his Brothers... they sat down to eat and, when they looked up, they saw a band of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead; and their camels were loaded with spices, gum, and ladanum on ...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/joseph sold as a slave.htm

Thesaurus

Gum (3 Occurrences)... 3. (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the .../g/gum.htm - 8k

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)... This was the gum or viscid white liquid which flows from a tree resembling the acacia, found in Africa and Arabia, the Balsamodendron myrrha of botanists. .../m/myrrh.htm - 18k

Galbanum (1 Occurrence)... It is a gum, probably from the Galbanum officinale. ... (n.) A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. .../g/galbanum.htm - 8k

Frankincense (22 Occurrences)... (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, from trees the genus Boswellia, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. .../f/frankincense.htm - 19k

Tragacanth (2 Occurrences)... (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. ... Called also gum tragacanth. .../t/tragacanth.htm - 8k

Bdellium (2 Occurrences)... It was probably an aromatic gum like balsam which exuded from a particular tree (Borassus flabelliformis) still found in Arabia, Media, and India. .../b/bdellium.htm - 8k

Stacte (1 Occurrence)... Others regard it as the gum of the storax tree, or rather shrub, the Styrax officinale. "The Syrians value this gum highly, and .../s/stacte.htm - 8k

Genesis 37:25They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 43:11Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;(See NAS RSV)

Exodus 30:34Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight;(WEB NIV)